These doctors want marijuana to be illegal again, and this state has broken a record in cannabis tax revenue
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Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to decriminalize marijuana last month after the government removed the substance from its Category 5 list of prohibited narcotics. This allowed Thais to grow cannabis plants at home and legally sell the harvest.
Now several hundred doctors at Ramathibodi Hospital are pushing for the newly proposed policy to be suspended.
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According to the Bangkok Post, a total of 851 doctors, including lecturers and graduates from the medical school at Mahidol University’s Ramathibodi Hospital, are calling for the immediate suspension of marijuana decriminalization.
dr Smith Srisont, President of the Forensic Physicians Association of Thailand, released a statement on his Facebook account.
The petitioners stressed that cannabis has adverse effects on young people’s bodies and brains and called for the adoption of adequate measures and guidelines for the safe use of marijuana.
Illinois Rec’s Cannabis Tax Revenue Breaks Another Record In 2022
Reported taxes from sales of recreational cannabis in Illinois increased 50% year over year to $445.3 million in fiscal 2022, Gov. JB Pritzker recently announced.
Cannabis tax payouts to local governments totaled $146.2 million for the year, up 77% from $146.2 million in 2021.
Meanwhile, recreational cannabis sales grew 50% year over year to $1.5 billion in 2022.
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“Illinois has done more to bring equity and justice to the forefront of this industry than any other state in the nation and worked to ensure communities harmed by the War on Drugs had an opportunity to participate,” Pritzker said in a press release. “The $1.5 billion in adult-use cannabis sales in Illinois results in significant tax revenue, with a portion of every dollar spent being reinvested in communities that have suffered for decades.”
Interestingly, in 2021, Illinois received more tax dollars from cannabis revenue than from alcohol. Cannabis taxes in the state of Prairie exceeded alcohol taxes for the first time in February 2021.
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Zimbabwe approves the use of hemp in medicines
Zimbabwe gave the go-ahead for the sale of hemp-based products as part of the therapy prescribed to patients.
The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe is now requiring all licensed cannabis and hemp producers, manufacturers, importers, exporters and retail pharmacists to qualify through an application process to sell the products.
Interested parties must submit samples of their products and undergo an inspection of their production facilities.
The regulator said earlier this month that “unlicensed sellers of cannabis will be prosecuted for unauthorized sale.”
Applicants have already begun submitting applications for approval of their hemp-based products, the regulator said.
This article originally appeared on Benzinga and has been republished with permission.
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